St Kilda
Hirta is the largest island in the St Kilda archipelago, on the western edge of Scotland. The names Hiort and Hirta have also been applied to the entire archipelago.
- Type: Island
- Description: main island of the St Kilda archipelago, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Hirta”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Mulloch Mor and Bradastac.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Kilda and Glen Mor.
St Kilda
- Category: landform
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.81601° or 57° 48′ 58″ north
Longitude
-8.58448° or 8° 35′ 4″ west
Elevation
961 feet (293 metres)
Open location code
9C9HRC88+C6
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“St Kilda” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Hirta”
- Aragonese: “Hirta”
- Arpitan: “Hirta”
- Asturian: “Hirta”
- Basque: “Hirta”
- Bavarian: “Hirta”
- Breton: “Hirta”
- Catalan: “Hirta”
- Catalan: “Saint Kilda”
- Cebuano: “Saint Kilda”
- Chinese: “赫塔島”
- Corsican: “Hirta”
- Croatian: “Hirta”
- Czech: “Hirta”
- Danish: “Hirta”
- Dutch: “Hirta”
- Dutch: “Saint Kilda”
- Esperanto: “Hirta”
- Estonian: “Hirta”
- Finnish: “Hirta”
- Finnish: “St. Kilda”
- French: “Hirta”
- French: “Saint-Kilda”
- Friulian: “Hirta”
- Galician: “Hirta”
- German: “Hirta”
- German: “St. Kilda”
- Greek: “Χίρτα”
- Hungarian: “Hirta”
- Hungarian: “Saint Kilda-szigetcsoport”
- Icelandic: “Hirta”
- Icelandic: “St. Kilda”
- Ido: “Hirta”
- Indonesian: “Hirta”
- Interlingua: “Hirta”
- Interlingue: “Hirta”
- Irish: “Hirta”
- Italian: “Hirta”
- Japanese: “セントキルダ島”
- Japanese: “ヒルタ島”
- Jèrriais: “Hirta”
- Kongo: “Hirta”
- Ligurian: “Hirta”
- Limburgan: “Hirta”
- Low German: “Hirta”
- Luxembourgish: “Hirta”
- Malagasy: “Hirta”
- Malay: “Hirta”
- Manx: “Heertçh (ellan)”
- Manx: “Heertçh”
- Minangkabau: “Hirta”
- Neapolitan: “Hirta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hirta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hirta”
- Norwegian: “St. Kilda”
- Nyungar: “Hirta”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Hirta”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hirta”
- Picard: “Hirta”
- Piemontese: “Hirta”
- Polish: “Hirta”
- Portuguese: “Hirta”
- Portuguese: “Saint Kilda”
- Romanian: “Hirta”
- Romansh: “Hirta”
- Russian: “Хирта”
- Sardinian: “Hirta”
- Scots: “Hirta”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Hiort”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Hirta”
- Serbian: “Hirta”
- Sicilian: “Hirta”
- Slovak: “Hirta”
- Slovenian: “Hirta”
- Spanish: “Hirta”
- Spanish: “Saint Kilda”
- Swahili: “Hirta”
- Swedish: “Hirta”
- Swedish: “St Kilda”
- Swiss German: “Hirta”
- Venetian: “Hirta”
- Vietnamese: “Hirta”
- Vlaams: “Hirta”
- Volapük: “Hirta”
- Walloon: “Hirta”
- Welsh: “Hiort”
- Wolof: “Hirta”
- Zulu: “Hirta”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: St. Kilda Village and The Cambir.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Mulloch Mor and Glen Mor.
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